the expansion of the playoffs is what will be the downfall of the nfl…just wait til that 6-10 team wins the lombardi
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So you think Minnesota finally wins one?

]]>By: southsidetommyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3265232
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:03:11 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3265232This is utterly ridiculous. If the public starts to become sick of the NFL being on almost every night the NFL owners (who are also obviously pretty good businessmen themselves) will pull back. If the public is growing tired of it, it won’t happen overnight. They’ll see the trends and make adjustments. Look what they did with MNF, moving the more important game to Sunday night and allowing the Monday night game to be of less importance despite the fact that the Monday night game had been THE game for the NFL for over 20 years.
The simple fact is that the NFL is now America’s game. People up to this point aren’t only not tired of it they can’t get enough of it. The number’s don’t lie and the profits are proof of it.
This sounds like a bunch of sour grapes from Cuban. MLB didn’t want him, the NFL wouldn’t want him and the NBA has to tolerate him.
]]>By: gasolinejthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3257721
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:48:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3257721Mark Cuban is right. I wouldn’t necessarily call it greed as much as ignorance. One of the biggest thing the NFL has going for it is it has struck just the right balance of scarcity.

The NFL leaves people wanting more, while basketball and baseball give you way more than you could ever want.

They can try to own every single night of television, but eventually people will stop caring. The die-hards like us, that are visiting football blogs several times a day in March probably don’t think so, but if it was like baseball with 162 games, you would maybe watch a quarter of them.

It’s the same thing on making the season longer. You dilute the product, you make each game less meaningful, and people care a little bit less.

I wouldn’t go so far as to say the NFL ownership is a bunch of fat pigs who are going to kill the NFL, but they could be making a mistake by messing with what has been so successful.

]]>By: bfree2khttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3256849
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:53:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3256849As obnoxious and narcissistic as Mark Cuban is, I agree with many of you other posters who agree with him and also believe he is absolutely correct, you can have too much of a good thing though I don’t agree with his timeline–it will take more than ten years for the NFL to implode. He’s probably speaking from experience, I mean he has his own league plus the NHL and MLB as lab rats for over saturation. If you are a pay TV subscriber with the sports tier you can practically see a game from each of these leagues during their seasons every night yet I’d be willing to bet that most of you, like me, don’t watch a game that often especially when so many of the match-ups are straight “do-do”. The NFL would experience the same thing you can’t convince me that they wouldn’t.

I think the issues that would really kill the NFL in this country would be get even more greedy and put a team in a City outside North America and almighty help them if they hold a SB anywhere other than the US.

By the way, Bomani jones has talked about this. How come no one comes after him?

]]>By: tiger2471http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3254368
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:36:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3254368Football won’t get old because they only play 16 games a year not counting playoffs, it’s a big difference from basketball, they play 82 games! People love the hits and action, and basketball took a sharp downturn when Mike Jordan left, give it up Cuban! The NFL is king in the US, period.
]]>By: willi828http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3253642
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:54:37 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3253642The facts just don’t support this theory. The NFL had record viewers on Thursday night despite “poor performances” as you all state.
]]>By: footballchic777http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3253348
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:33:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3253348How many fans are already tired of seeing 120 mil contracts, or 15 mil for a year? Ticket prices for the nosebleed sections in stadiums is outrageous, you have to pay to watch football on TV, fan gear prices are skyrocketing more than ever with Nike now having the contract, and you think he is wrong? A cash cow can only live so long….
]]>By: joeknowsnadahttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3253232
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:06:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3253232Ah, Mark Cuban. I do like his style, as an owner, challenging the “establishment” in the NBA. Of course, he is a smart business guy, BUT, he is an owner associated with an inferior product, ruled by outsized egos and dumb owners. The players are selfish, me-first types, and the league is awful. There are only 5 – 6 teams that are even worth watching. You can’t go from worst – to – first, ever, in said league, in one season. You have to stink for 3 – 4 years, just to become competitive. Player contracts are guaranteed, season is too long, there are too many teams, product is watered down, etc. etc. So, for an owner in an almost unwatchable pro sport to criticize or offer advice to the most successful of pro sports is a bit crazy.
]]>By: jbraiderhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3253076
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:21:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3253076Cuban is an idiot. I remember a few years ago he was whining because the NFL scheduled its draft when the NBA playoffs were on. If your league’s playoff games cannot go head to head with the NFL draft, that’s on you.
]]>By: gbmickeyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3253037
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:02:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3253037The only fans who watch Thursday games are the fans of poor teams who either get blacked out or because their Sunday’s games are only televised locally by the NFL because lack of interest. Just ask Viking fans.
]]>By: barneyrumblehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252946
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:29:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252946It’s not like we only have three or four channels to choose from as an American populous, if that were the case then over exposure would be a concern. That is not the case however as there as hundreds of programming options so nothing to see here, move along.
]]>By: laxnhockeyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252608
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:25:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252608just worry about the over saturation of your own league and the completely mediocre product you’re offering your own fans.

I tuned out the NBA a long time ago; Bird, Magic, Mailman, Jordan was the last time the NBA was worth watching and then only for the finals.

NBA basketball is THE worst sport on television.

]]>By: chuckxxhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252539
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:50:48 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252539How about the implosion of the obscene salarys that some of these players are getting??? Thats what eventually will implode.
]]>By: 8ovie8http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252475
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:15:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252475Cry havoc and let slip the hogs of war.
– Sterling Archer
]]>By: GBwomenrhothttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252431
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:44:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252431Plain and simple, he’s ragged since he doesn’t have a franchise…..and his Dallas NBA team isn’t winning like it was – SOUR GRAPES MARK, and your Shark Tank show is god awful.
]]>By: detlions80http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252422
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:34:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252422For all the comments comparing NBA broadcast and market saturation to the same for the NFL, look at the NBA numbers. NBA ratings were at least 50% higher then they have been since leading up to 1998. Since then, they’ve been down. Perhaps, a smart business man is speaking from experience… I’d also add that, I think the league needs to pay a little more attention to their refs and the job they’re doing. Imo, some work needs to be done there to maintain the quality of the product the league is trying to sell.
]]>By: nvl004http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252413
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:30:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252413Putting games on Saturdays in the fall will alienate a lot of college fans(customers). Putting games on Friday nights in the fall will alienate a lot of high school football folks(customers). Changing rules to make the game safer has alienated many of the ‘old school’ fans(customers). Don’t know as much about business as Mr. Cuban but alienating customers can’t be, as Triple H would say, “Best for business.”
]]>By: 1historianhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252410
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:29:21 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252410PANEM ET CIRCENSES
]]>By: cheapglazershttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252400
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:22:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252400This set of owners is destroying the game forever. Oink oink…
]]>By: bbk1000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252395
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:16:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252395Does anybody watch Thursday night games?
]]>By: sportfan2http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252381
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:58:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252381Does he mean fail like the NBA has?
]]>By: righthereisayhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252369
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:34:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252369I loved having Sunday, 1pm games for most of my life. That would be my preference (for at least MY team).

I don’t mind 1 or 2 night games a year. Not my preference, but I get it.

If anything, Saturday games once college ends would be great. I wouldn’t mind watching NFL all day Saturday and Sunday.

]]>By: jayquintanahttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252341
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:10:58 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252341As far as too many games on TV goes, I don’t see an issue at all. If I don’t want to watch NFL on Thursday, I won’t. Doesn’t mean I don’t want to watch it on Sunday and Monday.

What the NFL should really concern themselves with is expanding the playoffs. I don’t see what’s to gain, long term, by devaluing the regular season.

]]>By: kenny328usahttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252333
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:36:21 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252333Cuban is right but Goodollas is too arrogant to listen
]]>By: jaygruntbostonhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252329
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:11:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252329let us know Mark, when your 100 million dollar NBA team is worth 2.2 billion like the Cowboys. and someone who’s worth 2 billion like you, who probably hides more of your money in the Cayman Islands like all billionaires, should ZERO to say about who’s greedy and who isn’t!!!!!!
]]>By: philrathttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/23/mark-cuban-warns-nfl-hogs-risk-eventual-implosion/#comment-3252327
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:00:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2251295#comment-3252327The nfl just can’t compete during the week when there is more competition for programming on monday and thursday. This is why their ratings are down in addition to all the rules changes which have made the nfl an inferior product compared with years past when the games were more competitive and tackling was better. Unfortunately there isn’t much on tv on sundays that is why nfl does better on sundays!
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